VIRGIN BIRTH: THE KEY ELEMENT TO CHRISTOLOGY, PART 3.

According to The New Dictionary of Theology, the New Testament teaches that Mary remained a virgin ‘until she gave birth to a son’: “But knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called His name Jesus.”( Matthew 1: 25). But that in the following century the belief emerged that she remained perpetually a virgin, that her marriage with Joseph was never consummated .5 I grew up in Catholic schools in a Catholic country and this seemed to be the view held by the people; there was a deep and almost worshipful reverence towards Mary, the Virgin. I believe the people revered her more highly than Jesus, as she was mentioned in your regular conversations more so than the Lord Jesus! Even girls, when doing something worthy of praise, they would exclaim ‘Virgen santa’ which means Holy Virgin! But this perpetual Virginity is contrary to what it says in the following Scripture: “While He was still speaking to the people, behold, His mother and His brothers stood outside, asking to speak to Him.” (Matthew 12: 46).

According to Dr. Jack W. Hayford “God introduced to the world His own Son, begotten of the Virgin Mary—God incarnate in our midst. Through Jesus, the Father taught us what kind of God He was and how redemption was to happen. Jesus lived sinlessly and with purpose, and He died to bear the penalty for the sins of all mankind!”6 I totally agree with Dr. Hayford’s words; and I believe that He was completely divine before, during and after the incarnation, and one of the facts that asserts this is His Virgin birth!

NOTES
5Sinclair B. Ferguson, David F. Wright and J.I. Packer, eds., New Dictionary of Theology, (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1988), 709.
6Jack W. Hayford, Grounds for Living, (Tonbridge: Sovereign World, 2001), 21.

LAR KU KU YESU KRISTO!

Calu lembe pa Jukristu ubedu ka medere, nying ‘Yesu’ ungeyere ni ‘Yahweh ubedo Lar’. Nicaku i lembanyong macon pa Rwoth, Jagony, Jalar, Mungu, the lembe eni juloko ni Yesu man kite ma Jukristu giyio kudu. 1 Andha, i ngeye, waneno kawoni Yesu calu jalar man jagony kud i dubo man mudho mi tipo, ma ucwio rimo iwi yen mi can pi culu pi dubo mwa, tek wayio! Man nia en re ma etiye yo acel kende mi cidho ibang Mungu! Kadong etiye jalar mwa!

Kawoni umitu wabed ku ngec mi nyol manyen kara wabed ku mer kude! I Yohana 3:3,16 ewacu kumae: “ ‘Yesu udwoko ire kumae, ‘Andha, awacu iri, tek ng’atu moko junyole kendo ngo, ecopo neno ker pa Mungu ngo’….’ Kum Mungu umaru Mungu kumeno ng’om ma emio Wode acel kende, kara ngati moko ci ma yio ire kud utho ento ebed ku kwo ma rondo ku rondo.’ “ Man i John 11: 25-26 it ewacu kumae: “ Yesu uwacu ire kumae, ‘An a cer man kwo. Ng’atu ma yio ira, kadi etho, ebikwo. Man ngati moko ci ma kwo man yio ira ebitho ngo rondo ku rondo. Iyio lembe eni?’ “

Dong umitu wayii man walok cwinywa kud i dubo mwa kara kawoni wabed ku winjiri ku Mungu ma bino kende kende nikadhu kud i nyol manyen ku Yesu Jalar mwa man Rwoth mwa! “Acaki pa kwo pa Jukristu mito nyang ikum dubo pa ngati man bedo moth mi weko kwo ma paru pare gire kende.”2

LEMBAGORA

1Sinclair B. Ferguson, David F. Wright man J.I. Packer, eds., New Dictionary of Theology, (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1988), 610.
2Millard J. Erickson, Christian Theology,(Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006),959.

WEC LEMBAGORA MA LUE PI IBEDO NYATH-NYOL:
“Yesu ageno nia itho iwi yen mi can,
cwalu rimo peri pi weko dubo para;
Man ecer kendo inindu mir adek!
Angeyo nia atiye jadubo. Akwayi iwek ira dubo para;
Akwayi ibi i cwinya!
Bi man ibed jalar para man Rwoth mi kwo para!
Wafoyo Yesu”